The Ableton Loop Summit was a blast and a very inspiring experience. I met and reunited with so many wonderfully creative artists, audio technologists and friends. To summarize some of my discoveries, I wrote an article for Ask.Audio outlining some valuable tips for staying creative.

Staying Creative: 8 Things I Learned From Ableton’s Loop Conference 2015

Timo Preece, Ableton certified trainer and writer for Ask.Audio, experienced the recent Loop event at Ableton HQ in Berlin. Aimed at the creative musician, this event left quite an in impression!

My head is still reeling from all the excitement and interaction that took place last weekend in Berlin at Ableton’s Loop summit for music makers. Even though Ableton unveiled some inspiring new products, Live 9.5 and Push 2, the cynosure was not overtly about Ableton or their products. Instead the summit focused on the collective exploration of what it is to make music today and to explore what it could be tomorrow.

1. Failure Equals Success

In the opening discussion with Robert Henke, co-developer of Ableton Live and founding member of the electronic music project Monolake, he presented the idea that failure equals success. Evolution can be a painful growing progress at times but instead of resenting failure, use it as a catalyst for change. Henke reflected that, “If you’re failing, it means you’re tying something new.”

Read the full article at Ask.Audio